Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Birthday: Apr 26, 1711
Place of birth: Rouen, France
Biography:

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French novelist who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast. Her third husband was the French spy Thomas Pichon (1757–1760).